On Sun, Nov 1, 2015 at 7:23 PM, t_ciorba--- via Python-list <python-list@python.org> wrote: > > i am not sure what is wrong, but after launching the installer for windows > XPsp3 python-3.5.0.exe i couldnt see what i have to select, it was a white > board and the only button on it was "cancel". >
Yep. The installer isn't very polite at the moment, but when 3.5.1 gets released, it'll be a little clearer in telling you what's going on - namely, that Python 3.5 does not support Windows XP. You can get a newer version of Windows (7, 8, 10), or an older version of Python (3.4), and it should be fine. Windows XP has now been around for twelve years. It's had its support run out as many times as Voyager has left the solar system, and if you really MUST keep using it, one of the costs is going to be that you also have to use older versions of some software - including Python. This is going to be increasingly the case. I recommend either switching to a Unix-based OS (Linux, Mac OS, *BSD, etc) and using Wine or virtualization to run critical Windows programs, or upgrading to a newer version of Windows. ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
